NPI Technician (electronic components)

The NPI Team Technician will be responsible for assisting Process Engineers in the build and analysis of flexible circuits. We are looking for technicians who are mechanically inclined, detail-oriented, and interested in utilizing their technical aptitude in the area of automotive electronics.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform detailed hand assembly of prototypes.

• Soldering and crimping of wire and cable harnesses; assembling and connecting electronic components and circuits on prototype boards, ensuring reliable electrical connections.

• Prepare recipes and files for tools to process prototypes.

• Reading and interpreting assembly instructions to develop prototypes with attention to detail.

• Troubleshooting both visually and physically by hand of prototypes to ensure prototypes are functioning as they should.

• Other duties as needed or required.

Experience/Education

• Associate degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field. Relevant experience or certification may substitute.

• 3+ years of experience in a manufacturing or production environment, preferably in the automotive, aerospace, or high-tech industry.

• Experience in assembling and connecting electronic components and circuits on prototype boards.

• Strong proficiency with manual soldering and manual solder rework is required.

• Professional working experience in a laboratory, manufacturing, or research and development environment.

• Proficiency with electronic test equipment, hand tools, and assembly techniques.

• Excellent problem-solving skills, communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work independently or as part of a team.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Proven computer skills to enter data and record information.

• Aptitude to follow process instructions.

• Understanding of production procedures.

• Willingness to perform repetitive tasks for extended periods.

• Attention to detail.

• Ability to maintain a safe and clean workspace.

• Team-oriented and self-directed.

Location

100% onsite in San Carlos, CA

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

Working Conditions/Hours

Hourly, Non-Exempt

Physical Demands – Office and Manufacturing Environment

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee is required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms and pull/push; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must lift and/or move up to 50 pounds without assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment –

Includes both a typical office environment, with minimal exposure to excessive noise or adverse environmental issues, and a shop environment, with exposure to high noise levels from operating machines, physical hazards from moving equipment and machine parts, nuisance dust, and skin exposure to chemicals used to run/maintain machines.

PPE

• May be required to wear Personal Protective Equipment, including but not limited to safety glasses, safety shoes, bump-caps, gloves, hair nets, masks, & clean-room frocks while adhering to the prescribed safety procedures.

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